Mike Tyson’s street fight with Mitch Green, Bob Feller’s impressive debut, and Montreal’s Youppie ejected – This DiSH for Aug. 23

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1988, Mike Tyson and Mitch Green got into a street fight outside the Harlem clothing store Dapper Dans.

In 1936, 17-year old Bob Feller used a blazing fastball to strike out 15 and win his first major league game with a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Browns.

In 1982, Gaylord Perry was ejected from a game for the first and only time for throwing a doctored baseball.

in 1989, Montreal Expo mascot Youppie became the first mascot ejected from a major league baseball game.

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